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Hi,


What else could one use as air pump for bubble agitation?
Because i had so little bubble holes bubbling i connected a rubber ball
(with one-way valves) instead of the pump.
Surprisingly the bubbler hose works really well if i compress the ball by
hand. The small aquarium pump just doesn't have enough pressure or flow to
operate enough of the holes to create a even curtain.


Now i'm looking for a larger pump. There are cheap piston compressors, but
because i want to run the thing closed loop (take the air from inside the
etching tank) they are unsuitable with their aluminum cylinder.
I thought about buying a 10 piece lot of small pumps, and connecting them
together (maybe some series some parallel) to increase the airflow. You
think that would work?

Any other ideas welcome, i just can't come up with a solution.


ST